Nordic Baltic Universities boosting entrepreneurial and innovation support systems
NOBALIS is implemented by a Nordic- Baltic region consortium consisting of five universities with background in life sciences, agriculture and technologies and two organizations specializing in technology transfer, start-up support and acceleration programs. The focus is to develop, share and expand innovation and entrepreneurship support capabilities in the areas of sustainable food production, circular economy, and development of new green value chains, in line with the research areas of the participating HEIs, and regional smart specialization strategies.
The project builds on a focused Innovation Vision Action Plan (IVAP) and combines variety to activities such as Entrepreneurship and Innovation Capacity Development Program for students and staff; start-up and mentor support; mapping of entrepreneurship and innovation courses, support for curricula and pedagogical tools development; mapping of institutional entrepreneurship and innovation support structures, practices and policies; creation of new partnership activities and development of an idea bank and videos. Through peer to peer leaning, co-creation and sharing of good institutional practices the project strives to create systematic impact, build institutional innovation and entrepreneurship capabilities, create strong partnerships and facilitate the knowledge transfer across HEIs beyond the NOBALIS project period.
Total budget: 1 200 000
Duration: July 2022- June 2024
Funding
NOBALIS is part of HEI Initiative program of the European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) (cohort 2) and is funded by the European Union. The aim of the HEI Initiative is to increase the innovation and entrepreneurial capacity in higher education by bringing together HEIs in innovation value chains and ecosystems across Europe.
NOBALIS team participated at EIT HEI Initiative IVAP workshop in Prague Czech Republic. The workshop took stock how the projects in EIT HEI Initiative pilot phase have progressed, what are challenges and experience from projects. Cohort 1 projects are rounding up their activities, Cohort 2 are […]
On April 24th, members of HEIs’ internal working groups met for an inspirational seminar. Led by Dina Popluga from LBTU and Jorun Pedersen from ARD Innovation participants the seminar discussed the HEIs’ innovation ecosystems, their differences, how to share the learning and practices and with whom […]
Student teams from Estonian University of Life Sciences and Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technology were awarded tickets for sTARTUp Day in the fall 2022 round of NOBALIS Entrepreneurial and Innovation Capacity Development program. sTARTUp Day is a three-day event targeting start-ups and combining matchmaking, […]